-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arguably the best fake newsman on television , comedian Stephen Colbert knows how to deliver a one-liner . But his invitation to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on immigration was the real joke .

Speaker Nancy Pelosi cited Colbert 's `` ability to bring attention to an important issue like immigration '' in declaring the hearing appropriate . This helps explain why voters may ensure she is fired as speaker in November . She simply does n't get it .

Does anyone believe that the real problem with immigration is a lack of attention to the issue ? Ever since Arizona and other states began addressing immigration on their own , there has been no shortage of media attention . The fact that Congress has failed to do its fundamental job of adequately securing the borders and enforcing the law is lost on no one .

The real question is : What is Congress doing to fix it ? The answer : Nothing .

In the 21 months I have served on the Immigration Subcommittee , we have met 11 times . Not once have we marked up what I would consider a substantive bill to address meaningfully our current immigration policy .

Although I have sponsored and co-sponsored more than a dozen bills and resolutions on immigration none has ever been given time before the subcommittee . Instead , we have considered private relief bills and extensions of the status quo and discussed procedural issues .

Partisanship is not the problem . One of the resolutions I sponsored had 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats on board as original co-sponsors and now has over 60 co-sponsors . The resolution would make E-Verify mandatory for all employers , provide sufficient border infrastructure and manpower ; and reject amnesty and any legal status that pardons those here in violation of our laws .

Somehow , the Congress has n't found time to discuss that legislation , either . Instead , the Democrats brought in Colbert .

I skipped the Colbert hearing and returned to Utah to attend the viewing of a Utah soldier who was killed in Afghanistan . As much as I enjoy the comedy of Stephen Colbert , I do n't believe C-SPAN is the place to watch it .

The entire fiasco only highlights the fact that during a time when Democrats control the House , the Senate and the presidency , the Subcommittee on Immigration has done virtually nothing .

Meaningful action on immigration reform has been paralyzed in part by broad disagreement over the issue of `` amnesty '' Disagreements center on what constitutes amnesty and whether current proposals by advocates for legalization of illegal immigrants represent an amnesty akin to what passed in 1986 .

But there is plenty of common ground on other immigration issues . Most of us on the subcommittee would agree that we need to fix legal immigration . It can take decades to get through the process legally . That does n't work for anyone . Yet nothing has changed .

If the Colbert hearing was an attempt to distract voters from recognizing how little has actually been done , the strategy backfired . Voters live every day with the consequences of how little has been done . They deserve leadership in Congress that will take the issue of immigration seriously instead of turning it into a comedy bit .

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jason Chaffetz .

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz that inviting comedian to testify was a distraction

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Pelosi 's claim that Colbert would draw attention to issue shows she does n't get it , he says

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He says Democratic-controlled Congress has done nothing to solve immigration issue

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Chaffetz : Voters living with consequences of inaction ; they deserve leadership , not comedy